Chef dealt nine months’ jail as hi-tech poker scam folds

A CHEF who turned high-tech poker cheat with an array of James Bond-style spy equipment to pocket an estimated £250,000 (€379,000) has been jailed for nine months.

Yau Yiv Lam, aged 45, and two other partners in crime, preyed on London casinos using “up-the-sleeve” cameras and hidden earpieces to chalk up wins.

As he filmed cards dealt by the croupier, footage was beamed to an accomplice in a van equipped with video and screen monitors.